Reviews of ChiliBlue Backpackers

Recent review (29/06/2015)

"Chili Blue was an amazing deal! The free breakfast was excellent, leaps and bounds above most in hostels across Australia. The free wi-fi was not unlimited but was reliable during my stay. The bed was comfortable and…"

Purchasable Extras

Airport PickupUSD 8.02

TowelUSD 3.65

What's Included

Luggage Room

Breakfast

Linen

Important Information

Reception / Office hours 08:00 till 21.00
Sundays & Public Holidays 09.00am till 19.00
IF YOU DON'T SPECIFY YOUR ARRIVAL TIME WE WILL CANCEL YOUR BOOKING AND CHARGE YOU FOR THE NIGHT.
By placing a booking request you agree to amend the terms & conditions to be subject & in compliance to our policies.
Due to an increase in use of invalid credit cards or credit cards with no credit we now require full prepayment of online bookings.
PLEASE NOTE: We are a Youth Hostel & accept only travellers under 30 years old. Over 30 yo with prior arrangement only. Australian and NZ passport holders are not permitted to stay at our hostel.
Please note: We do not accept groups of more than 4 persons. Any booking made for more than 4 people will automatically be cancelled and no refund given.
IF YOU ARE ARRIVING LATE YOU MUST ARRANGE WITH US FOR LATE CHECK-IN PROCEDURE PLEASE EMAIL US YOUR ARRIVAL TIME. IF YOU ARRIVE LATE WITHOUT ANY ARRANGEMENTS, YOU WILL BE CHARGED FOR THE BOOKING EVEN IF YOU CANT CHECK-IN.
New Year Policy: we will charge you 50% deposit on reservation, and the balance on 1st December. minimum stay is 10 nights, we do not accept check-ins or check-outs on 30th or 31st of December and 1st or 2nd of January. Full payment is required on or before arrival date. Cancellations before 1st December will forfeit 50% already paid. Cancelations after 1st December forfeit 100%. New Year covers period between 21st Dec to 7th Jan. Long Stays packages are available at a substantial discount.
We do not offer any refunds for the summer special.

Marica Ciufici

Liked: There is a free wifi and also free computer to surf in internet;
in the room there is a tv and dvd player;
the position is good, only 2 stop to town hall;
good price

Disliked: the district is full of night club and sexy shop, there is a lot of night life;
it is noisy in the evening;
heating and air conditioning are paying and also the pick-up to the airport costs 11$AUD

Kasper Eriksen

With friends / other travellers

Backpacking / gap year

01 July 2012
Kasper would recommend this property

Liked: Good location, near: bar, supermarket ect

Disliked: Very bad service...
put my shoes at front at our door a few hours after they were gone, went in the reception and asked for them, the answer you got was: can not help!! I kept insisting that he should look through surveillance, but was not possible and if I did not understand, I had to go to the police. I finally got to call a supervisor who told me that the shoes were in the cleaning room.
when we want to check out, we could not get any money because they thought we had not paid for "cutlery" but ended up in a discussion and finally got our money ...!

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Customer review

Alone

Backpacking / gap year

28 June 2012
Customer would recommend this property

Liked: The price, the hostel is super cheap and the atmosphere is great. Everyone knows everyone and there's a social gathering pretty much everynight in the court yard.

Disliked: Don't get room 23 because it is right over the court yard, you'll never sleep. Also the hostel is very dirty and there are live bugs. The bathrooms are limited and there's not even a toliet seat on one of the toliets.

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Martine Lafontaine

Alone

Backpacking / gap yearSports, adventure or outdoor activities

26 June 2012

Liked: Very cheap rates; location is nice, just beside the Royal Botanical Gardens and Sydney Opera house.

Disliked: Rates are cheap only online though, when I extended my stay by 1 night I asked for a discount and the lady at the counter kinda of laughed at me (!) and charged me the normal rate. That said lady was constantly showing either an air of complete boredom or contempt - and couldn't direct me properly to the nearest grocery store when I asked; Unles you are in Sydney to party, I wouldn't recommend this hostel to someone, as everybody in there seemed to be able to talk only about their next boozing session. Free Internet doesn't really work in your room, you have to use the computer at the reception; looks a bit rundown.

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daniela konefke

Liked: everything! close to bars and nightlife, opera house and city are a 20 min walk away. free breakfast, free internet, clean bathrooms and a big common room and courtyard to meet other travellers. i stayed at this hostel many times and will surely come back in the future.

Disliked: nothing

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Yui Maekawa

Alone

Backpacking / gap year

05 June 2012
Yui would recommend this property

Liked: Price! Only 11 bucks, can't beat that. It was in KX but a bit quiter place so it was ok. The toilets and shower rooms were pretty clean.

Disliked: The balcony was a bit dirty and messy, but not sure it was due to the people who were living there and working in the city. When I wanted to check out, the front office was not attended and I had to wait for 20min until I couldn't do it anymore and went to the kitchen to look for someone. Also, charging my credit card without me knowing for the money owed, and refunding key deposit to my credit card even though I paid in cash, were a bit uneasy, coz I try not to use my credit card as much possible. If they could explain a bit more or be a bit more flexible on it, it would have been better.

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Customer review

Alone

Backpacking / gap year

30 May 2012
Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Nice hostel, good breakfast with an egg! Lively atmosphere at night, always people to go out with

Liked: Was just perfect to round off my stay in Australia after 6 months ... amazing 3 last days!!

Disliked: nothing in particular

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Customer review

With friends / other travellers

Partying / nightlife

10 May 2012
Customer would recommend this property

Liked: I loved the area it was situated in, it was very close to everything and to the city

Disliked: There is nothing that i disliked

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jose sanches

With friends / other travellers

Relaxation/spaVisiting friends or familyWork / volunteering

10 May 2012
jose would recommend this property

Liked: Very good hotel

Disliked: No

The property's response is...

Gracias amigo, buen viaje

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chris muller

Alone

Backpacking / gap year

10 May 2012
chris would recommend this property

Liked: I love this hostel. old but cosy, free breakfast including hardboiled egg. lots and lots of people, which means can get messy at times, but they keep on top of the cleaning. love the staff love everything and love my new GF which I met here at chilliblue

Disliked: loved everything

The property's response is...

Danke :)

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Heike Thöricht

Alone

Backpacking / gap year

05 May 2012

Liked: fre wifi

Disliked: very dirty in the rooms, kitchen very dirty (especially in the evening - there were bugs where on the next day there was toast bread), party hostel, people drank too much, threw up in the morning in the toilets. People (especially guys) didn't close the door, when they peed. The rooms don't smell good (maybe because of the garbage sacks next to our room).

The property's response is...

Thank you for your comments.
If you had such a terrible time why did you stay one night longer? next time please pay $38 per night instead of $17 and stay in a "cleaner" hostel.
There is no garbage next to your room anywhere.
As for the kitchen we are in the process of renovating it so there is some problems which we are aware of.

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Customer review

Alone

Backpacking / gap year

04 May 2012
Customer would recommend this property

Liked: free interenet, great people, i couldn't expact for more for this money. dafinatly recommend!

Disliked: no

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Customer review

With friends / other travellers

Backpacking / gap year

21 April 2012

Liked: The free computers are actually pretty fast and the fact that they give you free internet is good - Just a shame it didn't work on my phone!

Disliked: Saw lots of cockroaches running around, the bathrooms, kitchen and common area were pretty much always dirty and, as mentioned, the wifi wouldn't work on my phone (as well as on others that I'd spoken to)